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The absence of L-waves indicated a reduced risk of CHF. Several echocardiographic variables may be useful in identifying elevated LV filling pressures, consistent with CHF, in dogs with moderate and severe MR. Left ventricular early inflow-outflow index and L-waves might be of interest as clinical and prognostic markers in dogs with MMVD and require further investigation.

Re-irradiation of recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) may delay further recurrence but re-irradiation increases the risk of radionecrosis (RN). INCB39110 nmr Salvage therapy should focus on balancing local control (LC) and toxicity. We report the results of using intraoperative Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy for recurrent GBM in a population of patients who also received bevacizumab.

Twenty patients with recurrent GBM underwent maximally safe neurosurgical resection with Cs-131 brachytherapy between 2010 and 2015. EightyGy was prescribed to 0.5cm from the surface of the resection cavity. All patients previously received adjuvant radiotherapy and temozolomide, and received bevacizumab before or after salvage brachytherapy. Seven of 20 (35%) tumors were multiply recurrent and had been previously salvaged with external beam radiotherapy. Patients received MRI scans every 2months monitored for recurrence, progression, and RN.

Median tumor diameter was 4.65cm (range, 1.2-6.3cm). Median number of seeds pace was 41 (range, 20-7hose survival extended beyond 20 months. These findings suggest that the use of highly conformal Cs-131 brachytherapy is a promising treatment for patients with recurrent GBM with minimal risk of development of RN.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the dose to bladder neck (BN) is a predictor of acute and late urinary toxicity after high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDRB) boost for prostate cancer.

Between 2014 and 2016, patients with prostate cancer treated at our institution with external beam radiation therapy and 15Gy single-fraction HDRB boost for intermediate- and high-risk disease according to D'Amico definition were reviewed. link2 Intraoperative CT scan-based inverse planning and ultrasound-based inverse planning were performed in 173 and 136 patients, respectively. The following structures were prospectively contoured prostate, urethra, rectum, bladder, and the BN defined as 5mm around the urethra between the catheter balloon and the prostatic urethra. Dose to the BN was reported only, no constraint was applied. Acute and late urinary toxicity were assessed using the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v.4.0. Clinical and dosimetry factor HDRB boost in our study. Although BN D

was associated with acute and late urinary toxicity after low-dose-rate brachytherapy, no correlation was found after HDRB. A prospective study comparing dose to the BN in HDRB monotherapy would validate the impact of BN dose on acute and late urinary toxicity.

High pretreatment IPSS, large prostate volume and bladder V75 were the only predictors of acute and late urinary toxicity after HDRB boost in our study. Although BN D2cc was associated with acute and late urinary toxicity after low-dose-rate brachytherapy, no correlation was found after HDRB. link3 A prospective study comparing dose to the BN in HDRB monotherapy would validate the impact of BN dose on acute and late urinary toxicity.Herein, we applied a simple electrosynthesis process to deposit nickel-iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe LDH) on the surface of copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)2) needle-shaped nanoarrays and introduce a new sorbent for thin-film solid phase microextraction (TF-SPME). For this purpose, the nanoarrays were grown via electrochemical anodization on a copper foil's surface and then modified with NiFe LDH. The synthesized sorbent was characterized by field emission-scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and Barrett-Joiner-Halenda (BJH) analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The Cu(OH)2-NiFe LDH based TF-SPME method was used to measure antifungal drugs in veterinary plasma samples followed by HPLC-UV analysis. The effects of various parameters in the extraction efficiency, including pH (5.0), extraction time (20 min), stirring rate (500 rpm), and salt effect (5.0%), type of eluent (acetonitrile), eluent volume (100 μL) and desorption time (5 min) were thoroughly optimized. Under the optimum conditions, limits of detection for ketoconazole, clotrimazole, and miconazole were obtained below 10 ng mL-1. Intra-day, inter-day and film-to-film RSDs% were obtained less than 6.2%, 7.3% and 7.0%, respectively. Moreover, calibration plots were linear from 30 to 5000 ng mL-1 for ketoconazole, 8.0-1000 ng mL-1 for clotrimazole, and 15-1000 ng mL-1 for miconazole, with determination coefficients between 0.9937 and 0.9971. Finally, good relative recoveries (%) in the range of 85-97% were obtained for measuring trace amounts of antifungal drugs in dogs' plasma samples. As a result, the method can be considered as an appropriate alternative to the conventional sample preparation methods for measuring trace amounts of antifungal drugs in biological samples.Joule heating in isotachophoresis (ITP) can limit minimum assay times and efforts to scale up processed sample volumes. Despite its significance, the dynamics of Joule heating on spatiotemporal temperature fields in ITP systems have not been investigated. We here present novel measurements of spatiotemporal temperature and electromigration fields in ITP. To achieve this, we obtain simultaneous and registered optical and infrared thermal images of the ITP process. We conduct a series of experiments at constant current operation and vary the leading electrolyte concentration to study and highlight the importance of buffer-dependent ionic conductivity on the resulted temperature rise. The measurements demonstrate a substantial increase of temperature in the adjusted trailing electrolyte region, and the propagation of a thermal wave in the ITP channel with a velocity equal to that of the electromigration front. We present scaling of the experimental data that indicates the dependence of front velocity and temperature rise on current density and ionic conductivity. The current study has direct application to the design and optimization of scaled-up ITP systems and the validation of numerical models of Joule heating.Sharp-tipped anisotropic silver (Ag) nanostructures are attracting increasing attention because of their unusual optical properties. However, the sharp tips make such nanostructures thermodynamically unstable; thus, they have been considered unsuitable for use in colorimetric sensing because of their tendency to aggregate or transform in a solution state. In the present study, a colorimetric sensing platform for detecting bromide (Br-) in an aqueous medium was developed. The platform is based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties of Ag nanoprisms with sharp tips. The key to using such Ag nanocrystals with extreme anisotropic structures is to adopt a solid-phase sensing platform. A Ag-nanoprism-embedded tough hydrogel with interpenetrating polymer networks was synthesized via aqueous-phase polymerization and crosslinking processes. The Ag nanoprisms immobilized inside the hydrogel were stable and did not exhibit aggregation or degradation over time; specifically, when the hydrogel was dried, the nanoprisms retained their inherent LSPR properties for an extended period. By taking advantage of the rapid and spontaneous morphological transformation of Ag nanoprisms inside the hybrid hydrogel exposed to Br- and the corresponding changes in their LSPR properties, we designed a plasmonic sensing platform for the sensitive and selective detection of Br- in an aqueous medium. The proposed colorimetric sensing platform was found to exhibit a wide sensing range and high selectivity, with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 10 μM, and offers substantial advantages over previously developed systems; specifically, it is portable, eco-friendly, safe to use and handle, stable for extended periods, and enables naked-eye detection. We believe that the as-proposed sensing platform can be used as a point-of-care analytical tool for detecting Br- in a broad range of samples.Accurate, simple and quick detection methods for Cr(VI) detection are urgently needed for water quality monitoring. Herein, a novel and facile method of detecting Cr(VI) (Cr2O72-/CrO42-) ions is developed via the fluorescent detection technology based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) doped with sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) (SQDs@UiO-66-NH2). The blue-light-emitting SQDs@UiO-66-NH2 composites exhibit excellent fluorescent properties in water environment with high quantum yield (68%) and ideal fluorescent stability, thus demonstrating excellent potential for serving as a chemical sensor. After characterizing the performance and stability of SQDs@UiO-66-NH2, qualitative and quantitative detection of Cr2O72- and CrO42- ions was successfully conducted. The fluorescence of SQDs@UiO-66-NH2 composites in aqueous solution was quenched effectively with more than 90% quenching efficiency by Cr(VI) via the inner filter effect. The detection system provides considerable advantages such as rapid response (10 s), high sensitivity with a low detection limit of 0.16 μM in a broad linear range of 0-200 μM (R2 = 0.99) for Cr2O72- and 0.17 μM for CrO42- in a broad linear range of 0-220 μM (R2 = 0.99), high selectivity and reproducibility for at least five cycles with simple washing with alcohol. In practical applications, the sensor showed rapid response, high sensitivity and excellent recoveries (96.7%-105.4%) for detecting Cr2O72- in real water samples. Furthermore, a SQDs@UiO-66-NH2-based fluorescent test paper was successfully developed, providing a simple, reliable and portable method for Cr(VI) (Cr2O72-/CrO42-) detection in water environment.N-glycans that are fluorescently tagged by glycosylamine acylation have become a promising way for glycan biomarker discovery. Here, we describe a simple and rapid method using Fmoc N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (Fmoc-OSu) to label N-glycans by reacting with their corresponding intermediate glycosylamines produced by microwave-assisted deglycosylation. After optimizing reaction conditions, this derivatization reaction can be effectively achieved under 40 °C for 1 h. Moreover, the comparison of fluorescent intensities for Fmoc-OSu, Fmoc-Cl and 2-AA labeling strategies were also performed. Among which, the fluorescent intensities of Fmoc-OSu labeled glycan derivatives were approximately 5 and 13 times higher than that labeled by Fmoc-Cl and 2-AA respectively. Furthermore, the developed derivatization strategy has also been applied for analyzing serum N-glycans, aiming to screen specific biomarkers for early diagnosis of lung squamous cell cancer. More interestingly, the preparation of free reducing N-glycan standards have been achieved by the combination of HPLC fraction of Fmoc labeled glycan derivatives and Fmoc releasing chemistry. Overall, this proposed method has the potential to be used in functional glycomic study.This study explored the in-situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 on woven cotton yarn for the first time. The applicability of highly flexible and natural cotton yarn-polypyrrole-layered double hydroxide-zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 composite (CY- PPy-LDH-ZIF8) was introduced for the extraction of quercetin in plasma and food samples. For increasing the contact area of the analyte and the prepared sorbent, the green substrate was woven and employed as the substrate for the construction of ZIF8. Extraction, separation, and determination of the analyte were performed by TFME-HPLC-UV. Due to the large surface area, the number of cages and unique porous structure of the zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF8) as well as hydrogen bonding, ionic and π-π interactions between the analyte and the ZIF8, the prepared thin film showed a high affinity towards the target analyte. The affecting parameters on the extraction efficiency, including pH of the sample solution, extraction time, stirring rate, desorption time, and elution solvent volume were investigated and optimized through applying Box-Behnken Design (BBD).